Internationally renown motivational speaker and business coach, Dr. Myles Munroe of Bahamas Faith International and his wife Mrs. Ruth Ann Munroe died in a plane crash in the Bahamas.
News revealed that the plane, a Lear LEA - 1.05% 36 executive jet, departed the Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) in Nassau, Bahamas at 4:07 pm for the Grand Bahama International Airport, a privately owned international airport in Freeport, Bahamas with nine people on board; but it struck a crane at the Grand Bahama Ship Yard, exploded on impact and crashed while making an approach for landing at Grand Bahama International Airport at 5.10pm, into the ground near a junkyard area.
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The Bahamas Ministry of Transport and Aviation who reported the news says the crash killed all nine people on board the private jet. The identities of the other people on board have not yet been confirmed. The cause of the crash was not immediately determined, though there had been heavy rain across the region. A full investigation is expected to begin on Monday.
It was gathered that the crash occurred as people were gathering in Grand Bahama for Dr. Munroe’s 2014 Global Leadership Forum which scheduled for November, 10.
A speaker at the event, former mayor of Atlanta and former U.S Ambassador to the United Nations, Andrew Young released a statement through his foundation: “Ambassador Young expresses his deep sadness over the tragic death of his friends Dr. Myles and Mrs. Ruth Munroe. He offers condolences to the Munroe family and the families of the other souls who lost their lives as a result of this shocking plane crash.”
Africa’s richest woman and oil mogul, Mrs. Folorunso Alakija is expected to speak at the leadership forum.
President of Oral Roberts University where Munroe was a student, Dr. William M. Wilson, expressed his sadness at the loss of an "outstanding ORUalumni and friend."
President of Oral Roberts University where Munroe was a student, Dr. William M. Wilson, expressed his sadness at the loss of an "outstanding ORUalumni and friend."
May the souls of all departed, find rest in the Lord's bossom, Amen.
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